Evolutionary interpretation of the modern human-like facial morphology of the Atapuerca Gran Dolina-TD6 hominins

Anthropological Science

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 149-155

  Bermúdez De Castro, José María ^a   Martinón Torres, María ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early Pleistocene; Facial morphology; Homo antecessor; Sierra de Atapuerca

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919733890     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.140827     Document Type: Article

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